#10 Itzik Parnafes

General Partner, Battery Ventures

#10 Itzik Parnafes

General Partner, Battery Ventures

A former entrepreneur, Parnafes led the seed investment in GoEuro, an online travel company reportedly valued at as much as $1 billion in October 2018. The one-time member of elite Israeli army Unit 8200 cofounded Kagoor Networks, a voice-over-IP company acquired by Juniper Networks in 2005. Though he's focused on enterprise and cyber security companies at Battery, that didn't stop him from backing GoEuro and a soccer fan site, Minute Media, in London. More recently, Parnafes enjoyed an exit when Palo Alto Networks acquired LightCyber in 2017. He's also bet big on Berlin, investing in tours-and-attractions market GetYourGuide and finance startup Zeitgold in 2017 and online-finance startup N26 the year before.